ERA Next Steps

It states: Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.

Amending the U.S. Constitution requires 2/3 of Congress + 38 states.

The
ERA was finally approved 50 years later by 2/3 of Congress in 1972. Yet
Congress obstructed the amendment from passage and it fell short of the
last three states it needed. On June 30, 1982, the ERA "expired" just
three states away from victory.

United 4 Equality, LLC, launched the ERA 2015
campaign in 2009 when we sought Congressional action to release the ERA
from its congressional imprisonment by eliminating any deadlines for
ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Our original joint
resolution debuted in 2011 (House) and 2012 (Senate) and was
re-introduced in 2013 on a bi-partisan basis in the Senate and by
Democrats in the House.